Curve By General Cylinder

This type of curve is the result of an intersection between a surface and a general cylinder. The cylinder is defined by the function described in The General Cylinder Function above.

When modifying an existing curve of this type, the following form is used:

Figure 2:41. Pop-up menu for modification of general cylinder curve.

By Select Surface you can change the surface the curve is based upon. The button Modify Cylinder equivalently lets you modify the general cylinder used to create the curve. The button Select Type may be used to change the type of the curve to any of the curve types described in this section. By use of the button Modify Box, the extension of the curve may be changed. Finally, Ok quits the Modify function and recreates the curve.